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The sole basis of our beliefs is the Bible, God's infallible written
Word, the 66 books of the Old and New Testaments. We believe that it was
uniquely, verbally and fully inspired by the Holy Spirit and that it was
written without error (inerrant) in the original manuscripts. It is the
supreme and final authority in all matters on which it speaks.
We accept those areas of doctrinal teaching on which, historically, there
has been general agreement among all true Christians. Because of the
specialized calling of our movement, we desire to allow for freedom of
conviction on other doctrinal matters, provided that any interpretation is
based upon the Bible alone, and that no such interpretation shall become
an issue which hinders the ministry to which God has called us.
- There is one true God, eternally existing in three persons - Father,
Son, and Holy Spirit - each of whom possesses equally all the attributes
of Deity and the characteristics of personality.
- Jesus Christ is God, the living Word, who became flesh through His
miraculous conception by the Holy Spirit and His virgin birth. Hence, He
is perfect Deity and true humanity united in one person forever.
- He lived a sinless life and voluntarily atoned for the sins of men by
dying on the cross as their substitute, thus satisfying divine justice and
accomplishing salvation for all who trust in Him alone.
- He rose from the dead in the same body, though glorified, in which He
lived and died.
- He ascended bodily into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God
the Father, where He, the only mediator between God and man, continually
makes intercession for His own.
- Man was originally created in the image of God. He sinned by
disobeying God; thus, he was alienated from his Creator. That historic
fall brought all mankind under divine condemnation.
- Man's nature is corrupted, and he is thus totally unable to please
God. Every man is in need of regeneration and renewal by the Holy
Spirit.
- The salvation of man is wholly a work of God's free grace and is not
the work, in whole or in part, of human works or goodness or religious
ceremony. God imputes His righteousness to those who put their faith in
Christ alone for their salvation, and thereby justified them in His
sight.
- It is the privilege of all who are born again of the Spirit to be
assured of their salvation from the very moment in which they trust Christ
as their Savior. This assurance is not based upon any kind of human merit,
but is produced by the witness of the Holy Spirit, who confirms in the
believer the testimony of God in His written word.
- The Holy Spirit has come into the world to reveal and glorify Christ
and to apply the saving work of Christ to men. He convicts and draws
sinners to Christ, imparts new life to them, continually indwells them
from the moment of spiritual birth and seals them until the day of
redemption. His fullness, power and control are appropriated in the
believer's life by faith.
- Every believer is called to live so in the power of the indwelling
Spirit that he will not fulfill the lust of the flesh but will bear fruit
to the glory of God.
- Jesus Christ is the Head of the Church, His Body, which is composed of
all men, living and dead, who have been joined to Him through saving
faith.
- God admonishes His people to assemble together regularly for worship,
for participation in ordinances, for edification through the Scriptures
and for mutual encouragement.
- At physical death the believer enters immediately into eternal,
conscious fellowship with the Lord and awaits the resurrection of his body
to everlasting glory and blessing.
- At physical death the unbeliever enters immediately into eternal,
conscious separation from the Lord and awaits the resurrection of his body
to everlasting judgment and condemnation.
- Jesus Christ will come again to the earth - personally, visibly and
bodily - to consummate history and the eternal plan of God.
- The Lord Jesus Christ commanded all believers to proclaim the Gospel
throughout the world and to disciple men of every nation. The fulfillment
of that Great Commission requires that all worldly and personal ambitions
be subordinated to a total commitment to "Him who loved us and gave
Himself for us."
This information is provided courtesy of Campus Crusade for
Christ International.
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